CHINA

• Daoism: philosophy stresses an intuitive awareness, nurtured by harmonious contact with nature. Retreat from society in favor of personal cultivation

• Confucianism :Confucius – man who had fallen into hard times and had empathy for suffering, pursuit of morality and justice, respect for tradition.Unite people in Orderly SocietyRespectful and reciprocal relationships between parent and child, elder and younger, ruler and subject, etc.Official state doctrine in 100 BCE and required for civil service exams

Army of the First Emperor of Qin – Lintong, China - 210

GU KAIZHI – Lady Feng and the Bear - 350

Emperor Xuan and attendants - 650

Shakyamuni Buddha – gilded bronze - 338

Vairocana Buddha – Louyang, China -44 ‘ - 675

ZHOU JICHANG – Arhats Giving Alms to Beggars - 1184

LIANG KAI – Sixth Chan Patriarch Chopping Bamboo - 1200

Guan Daosheng - 1308

Wu Zhen and Fan Kuan

Zhou Mengfu - 1300

Shen Zhou – Listening to Cicadas

Handwriting of 2 emperors:Huizong and Xu Wei

JAPAN

• Shinto No individual teacher/godDeveloped when agriculture developed Local deities reside in naturePurity and cleansing was important

Buddhism arrived through Korea and united disparate political groups

History of Japanese culture and art is of change and adaptation, however, had their own distinct culture too

Haniwa – ca 500

Tale of Genji – ink on paper - 1200

Shunjobo Chogen – painted wood - 1200